War for Peace: Genealogies of a Violent Ideal in Western and Islamic Thought.

The article discusses the book "War for Peace: Genealogies of a Violent Ideal in Western and Islamic Thought" by Murad Idris. The book explores the problematic nature of the idea of peace and its relationship with war. Idris examines the works of ten diverse thinkers, including Plato, Thomas Aquinas, and Immanuel Kant, to unravel the complex concept of peace. The book employs a unique vocabulary to analyze peace, categorizing it as parasitical, provincial, and polemical. The article provides a summary of the first three chapters, which discuss the ideas of Plato, Abū Naṣr al- Fārābī, Thomas Aquinas, and Desiderius Erasmus. This text discusses the book "War for Peace: Genealogies of a Violent Ideal in Western and Islamic Thought" by Murad Idris. The book explores the concept of peace through the perspectives of various thinkers, including Alberico Gentili, Hugo Grotius, Ibn Khaldūn, Thomas Hobbes, Sayyid Quṭb, and Immanuel Kant. Idris critically examines how these thinkers' ideas about peace are intertwined with violence and war. The book offers a genealogical analysis of the complexities and ambiguities of peace, making it a valuable resource for scholars and students interested in political theory and peace studies. [Extracted from the article]